Valentine's Day around the world

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A woman holds a heart-shaped balloon as she crosses a road outside a park in Beijing on Febraury 14, 2013. Businesses in the Chinese capital were said to be fearing the proximity of Chinese Lunar New Year falling just days before Valentine's day, after some nine million Beijingers were reported to have left the city for the annual holiday exodous, according to state media. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)